Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-08-13

va ohooS'onH eht'r WIN stloHg lehf-
Ing towards red. aud Immensely large
hands and-a good appetite. lie
looked intelligent and Ike good fell
low generally. While Alice admitted
to herself that he was far from being
as handsome rs some of the other hired
men who had rsen and fallen in the
Daybaugh family, at the same tine she
decided that there were without doubt
many worse young men in the world.
and that much rs his looks were
against him. she could conceive that
the time might come when she would
see her way clear TO administer TO him
pie. dried pumpkin PIE, from tho pan
Try window. Though the thought did
occur to her that even II he did recover
from the effects Of tho meal he was now
eating. IT would be exceedingly doubt
full IL he would have any desire for any
thing so substantial as dried pumpkin
pie an inch thick for sol time.
At last Tom stopped eating. evident
ly more because the others did than
from any personal reason.
''Jes' give the hogs bout four buck
cts o. that swill in the bari by the door,
an pump up tho trough full o. water,
an turn the HOSES oat'n the pasture.
an then ye better go { bed cause we
want'o be out O. bed gin sun-up in the
mornin'," said Zacharah TO Tom Ms
they rose from the supper-table. Il
swar. Hammer" he continued. after
Tom went out, "did you see how he
waded into the bread n butterp"
HE did pear q have a powerful
good appetite"
"Wall. / should say so! Wy /
thought he'ud kin himself dead. If
the blame cuss keeps eatin' like that
he'll cat us out o. house'n' home. If
he slows Il way like that now wot'll
lie do when he CESS Z digg.n' post
holesl'
Il dunno. Zacarier yer the one what
hired him"
Il reckon. pap. the Teller mightn't o
had any dinner. still" remarked Alice.
Zachariah looked al Hannah andlIIan-
nah looked at Zachariah. II Alice
wasn't standing up for him already
aud man whose looks were so against
him. tool Must that dreadful pump
kin pie episode be repeated? They
both groaned dly--and Zachari-
ah went out to see that the hogs were
properly fed. and Hannah 10 water
some choice cabbages.
The next day the grand attack mas
made on the post.holcs For several
days following. The poSt-hole and
barbed wire fence campaign was kept
mp. Then there was the breaking on
tie back forty. and the haying Ia the
slough. and the corn cnltivating. and
number Of those pleasant little rec
reations which farm life is subject TO
between '.seed n n harvest" And
in everything Zachar nh found Tom q
model hired man. lie could dig few
more posi-hOles and do Little more
breaking and pitch hay little harder.
and stay in tho corn-iicli tile long.
err than ZacharIah could himself In
fact, in his own words. '1hat man
'pcared DO bout IS chuck full o.
hard days work as they make EN-. |"
And be also proved 10 be remarkably
good.natured aud reliable. But alasl
there was the old trouble. Pics Well.
no. not pie yet. but Il seemed as Il 1t
might almost reach that before Il cul-
nj mated.
II started on the Fourth OF July.
Zaehariah had told Tom to hitch up
old Doll and 'lhe COLT Gust past the
eighteenth anniversary of his birth)
and they would all drive into town and
witness the great celebration. "a cele-
braslon.' remarked tho able Applcby
Agaator. ''neycr before cqnalcd in our
Territory in VIII CHI the Eagle will
Scream aud strong men and fair women
viii vie with each other in doing honor
TO our Nations Birthday"
When Zachariah and his amiable
spouse reached the door what was their
horror 10 find Tom and Alice on the
front seat leaving the buck scat for
them. Il did no good to look at them
--they were very busy discussing the
relative beauty Of different colored
horses. Alice having just stated her
preference for the spotted variety like
circus boss. " and Tom rather leaned
in that direction himself. So there was
nothing TO do, and they rode 10 tho
great celebration rs the young people
had arranged H.
And while in town. though not
proved. Il was nevertheless strongly
suspected that Tom bought this plump
and rcd. checked girl ice-crcam and
red lemonade. and Il was never alto
gether clear where the bag Of peanuts
and candy which her mother dlscoy-
cred In the cupboard next morning
came from unless from tho same
source.
And thcn they happened to walk
home from church great many times
together. Aud when harvest came on
Aliec seemed very fond of carrying
particularly large and choice lunch
cons out INTO the field
SO tho season wore away. Harvest
was thing OF the past The grain
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